On 28/02/13 12:32, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>
> Op 28-02-13 12:34, Ned Slider schreef:
>> On 28/02/13 11:42, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>>> Op 28-02-13 12:21, Ned Slider schreef:
>>>> On 28/02/13 10:52, Johan Vermeulen wrote:
>>>>> Op 28-02-13 10:04, jvermeulen schreef:
>>>>>> Dear All,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> after updating to Centos6.4 via cr-repo, my laptop hangs on:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> starting crond : ok
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I booted in single user mode but I'm not sure what to change ....
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The laptop is an older MSI, hardware details attached.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> what could be the issue here?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> greetings, J.
>>>>> Solved after removing Elrepo-package kmod-nvidia.
>>>>> I had that installed for being able to use an external monitor.
>>>>>
>>>> Without posting any details like what version of the driver you are
>>>> using, or a copy of your xorg.log file showing the errors it's
>>>> impossible to say or do much other than guess at the problem.
>>>>
>>>> However, I have done my best to test your scenario. The latest NVIDIA
>>>> driver to support your hardware (from elrepo) is kmod-nvidia-304xx, the
>>>> 304 series legacy driver (if you are unsure, trying installing and
>>>> running nvidia-detect from elrepo which will advise you of the correct
>>>> driver for your hardware).
>>>>
>>>> I can tell you that this driver works fine with the 6.4 update. There
>>>> was some doubt about whether older drivers would support 6.4 as Xorg
>>>> received an ABI update to 13.1 in the 6.4 release which older display
>>>> drivers might not support. However, I have confirmed that the 304.xx
>>>> legacy drivers and the latest 310.xx series NVIDIA drivers both fully
>>>> support the version of Xorg shipped with 6.4
>>>>
>>>> So, my best guess is that you were maybe running an old version of the
>>>> NVIDIA drivers and needed to update? But as I said above, without any
>>>> further clues to work with I'm really guessing in the dark.
>>>>
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>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> thanks for looking in to this.
>>>
>>> Indeed, I should have included xorg.log. It took me longer than it
>>> should have to realize it was a "graphical issue".
>>>
>>> Not updating could be the issue, I installed kmod-nvidia but never ran
>>> an update with Elrepo repo enabled.
>>> I will test that and report back.
>>>
>>> Greetings, J.
>>>
>> That indeed sounds like the issue. Try (re)installing the latest version
>> that supports your hardware, kmod-nvidia-304xx:
>>
>> yum install kmod-nvidia-304xx
>>
>> and reboot.
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
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>
> Hello,
>
> that solved the issue. I'm now running Centos6.4 with package
> kmod-nvidia-304xx.
>
> and I tried nvidia--detect as well:
>
> -bash-4.1# nvidia-detect
> Probing for supported NVIDIA devices...
> Found: [10de:0247] NVIDIA Corporation C51 [GeForce Go 6100]
> This device requires the NVIDIA legacy 304.xx driver (kmod-nvidia-304xx).
>
> Thanks for helping me out.
>
> Greetings, J.
>
You're welcome - glad you got it sorted.
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